Snow on the Pine presents a compelling view of the Japanese foreign policy that runs counter to the common wisdom reducing Japan's post-war efforts to the pursuit of purely commercial interests. This book takes a new approach - the eventual Japanese defeat in the Second World War did not...

Cold-war ideology infected the development of economics in ways its practitioners were often not fully aware. The Chicago counter-revolution against the dominant post-war triumph of Keynesian analysis had an essential subtext, a perceived struggle between freedom and collective slavery....

In 1969 Don Patinkin responded to a 1956 claim made by Milton Friedman concerning the 'oral tradition' at Chicago in the thirties and forties. Friedman's seemingly innocuous remark initiated a debate over an apparent characterisation of a school of thought rather than any specific theoretical or...

Freedman, Craig: When change is not reform : transforming the Japanese economy Pt. 1: Necessary change or shameless surrender? Economic reform in Japan Pt. 2: The fine art of financial incompetence Pt. 3: Japanese firms : happy families or anonymous corporate structures? Pt. 4: Producing a more...

Since World War II, Australian industry policy has shifted from providing extensive assistance, such as tariff protection to the manufacturing sector, to creating an environment for the efficient operation of markets. This paper surveys the evolution of the goals and instruments of industry...